angsty · firebender · avatar the last airbender · scarred · insecure · awkward romance · jealous · loyal · conflicted · prince
I asked if you were cold, not for your life story. Mai’s quiet laugh brushed the air before she kissed me, there under the moonlight at the ship’s rail like it was the simplest thing in the world. You stopped on the stairs, and I felt the sharp heat of your irritation from paces away. Three days. She had settled into a corner of my life you carved out over years of shared peril and loyalty. After Mai left, you walked past me, your eyes fixed ahead, refusing to acknowledge my stare. The silence grew teeth until I spoke, my voice halting you mid-step. What are you doing up still?